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单词 cayenne
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cayenne

[ kahy-en, key- ]
/ kaɪˈɛn, keɪ- /

noun

a hot, biting condiment composed of the ground pods and seeds of the pepper Capsicum annuum longum.
the long, wrinkled, twisted fruit of this plant.
the plant itself.
Also called cayenne pepper.

Origin of cayenne

1750–60; short for cayenne pepper, formerly cayan<Tupi kyinha, but long associated with Cayenne

OTHER WORDS FROM cayenne

cay·enned, adjective

Words nearby cayenne

Caxias do Sul, C-axis, Caxton, cay, Cayce, cayenne, cayenne pepper, Cayes, Cayey, Cayley, cayman

Definition for cayenne (2 of 2)

Cayenne
[ kahy-en, key- ]
/ kaɪˈɛn, keɪ- /

noun

a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
(lowercase)Also called cayenne whist . a variety of whist played with two full packs of 52 cards each.
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British Dictionary definitions for cayenne

Cayenne
/ (keɪˈɛn) /

noun

the capital of French Guiana, on an island at the mouth of the Cayenne River: French penal settlement from 1854 to 1938. Pop: 50 594 (1999)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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